The concept of the core group of developers is important and often discussed in empirical studies of FLOSS projects. This paper examines the question, “how does one empirically ...
Kevin Crowston, Kangning Wei, Qing Li, James Howis...
This paper describes the design and implementation of a lightweight static security analyzer that exploits the compilation process of the gcc compiler. The tool is aimed at giving...
Even if the application developers produce software in accordance with the customer requirements, they cannot guarantee that the software will behave in a safe way during the lifet...
Simulation optimization is rapidly becoming a mainstream tool for simulation practitioners. Simulation optimization is the practice of linking an optimization method with a simula...
We formulate some research and development challenges that relate what a verifying compiler can verify to the definition and analysis of the application-content of programs, where...